The Blanket Mills of Witney. Stanley C. Jenkins.
3-22The textile industry was based upon local wool and the power supplied
by the fast flowing River Windrush, later supplemented by coal brought via
a branch line linked to OWWR opened on 13 November 1861. Like much industrial
activity, in Witney it was linked to republicanism and Noncomformist sects.
The following mills are mentioned: Worsham, Crawley, New, Witney, Mount,
Farm, Crofts, Corn Street, and the Newlands Warehouse & Factory, Woodgreen
Blanket Factory and the Newland Glove Factory. The Ordnance Survey 25 inch
plan for 1899 is reproduced. Inevitably there were fires at the mills and
these are described; equally inevtiably most of the mills have closed and
have either been demolished or adapted to other uses. The illustrations (of
railway interest) include: Whitney station in c1960; 2-2-2 1124 at Witney
goods station in 1911; GWR horse drays c1912, and the delivery of two Lancashire
boilers in 1896 (page 14). This was subject of letter
by Dave Hill on wagon fixing devices (Issue 31 page 33)
and further letter by G.A. Turner in Issue 32 page 31
which noted that they are slack.

Liverpool to London - in about ten hours: Part Two. T.B.
Maund. 23-40.Long distance coach services operated by Pearson's, All-British Line,
the Red & White Group, MacShane's and Crosville. It notes the demise
of Ryman described in Part 1, and the excellence of Crosville which emerged
as the major player. The buses were difficult to drive, but vehicle designed
improved, especially following the Road Traffic Act of 1930. Before that
drivers lacked training, worked excessive hours, were expected to perform
running repairs and were treated as casual labour (Crosville was a notable
exception). The competition with railway services was severe. Illustrations
include vehicles and publicity material (including one notice headed "LMS
Crosville")

Reviews. 42.Benjamin Outram - an engineering biography. R.B. Schofield. Merton
Prior Press. Dennis Parkhouse."This is an impeccable biography which does full justice to one of
the great civil engineers of his time."Early railways; ed. Andy Guy and Jim Rees. Newcomen Society.
NPPapers from the First International Early Railways Conference in 1998:
considers it to be an extremely important work, but let down by inferior
production standards.Bude's maritime heritage past and present. Bill Young and Bryan Dudley
Stamp. Bill Young. Dennis Parkhouse."essential record of Bude's maritime past, at a reasonable price":
second author is son of Sir Dudley Stamp and nephew of
Lord Stamp.Exploring Cornish mines. Vol. 5. Kenneth Brown and Bob Acton. Landfall.
Dennis Parkhouse.Claimed to be final volume in series, but reviewer considers that
there are still Cornish mines to cover (but KPJ possibly lacking in a potential
readership.Maritime activities of the Somerset & Dorset Railway. Chris Handley.
Millstream. Colin Green.Used Grahame Farr's records and illus. held at Somerset Record Office.
Activities mainly at Highbridge, Burnham and Bridgwater with traffic across
to South Coast.Thomas Telford. Anthony Burton. Aurem. NP."does not usurp Rolt's great biography but rather complements it,
shedding light on Telford the man."

The Clyde Puffer. Roy Fenton. 49-64.Originally intended for service on the Forth & Clyde Canal these
vessels did not require condenesers, hence their nickname, but they gradually
extended their range, although the classic vessels tended to be restricted
to the dimensions of the locks on the Crinan Canal. Bibliography. Illus.:
Mayflower at Rostrevor, Co. Down c1890; horse-drawn gabbart on Forth
& Clde canal, Falkirk, puffer at Camelon bridge on Forth & Clyde
Canal pre-1903; Petrel at Ardrishaig; four mineral scows in Glasgow
(Mary is one) - they served grain elevators (date between 1946 and 54);
Briton at Preston pre-1939; Faithful with gear lowered to pass
under bridge (built Larne Shipbuildeing Co.); Innisshannon with diesel
engine at Torquay; Starfinch at Kilniver, Loch Feochan, c1930, beached
and unloading; Tuscan being launched at Kirkintilloch 21 November
1934; Hay's yard at Kirkintilloch with Anzac and Chindit under
repair c1960; Chindit in Firth of Clyde August 1959; Pibroch at
Ardrishaig, Crinan Canal on 14 June 1950 and as converted to diesel propulsion
in Glasgow on 5 June 1971; Kaffir in Firth of Clyde on 16 June 1952
and as diesel post 1962; Invercloy in Crinan basin when oil-fired; Mellite
acting as tender (two CPR Empress liners visible); Saxon
in Kingston Dock in 1965; Skylight being overhauled by white cable-laying
ship; Smeaton (formerly VIC 33) modified for cargo discharge Mersey
Docks & Harbour Board; Celt, ex-VIC 64 at Rothesay?;
Stormlight, last steam puffer in Firth of Clyde in September 1957
and as converetd to diesel hydraulic; Dawnlight 1 (diesel) too large
for Crinan Canal in Firth of Clyde; Druid following recovery from
sinking in Preston Dock, VIC 32 as cruise vessel on Crinan Canal; Basuto
in Boat Museum; Vital Spark at Ardrishaig.

Hope Works: the evolution of a Cement Factory. Mike
Taylor. 3-16.G & T Earle moved to the Peak District of Derbyshire from Humberside
in 1929. The works are connected to the then LMS Hope Valley line by a two
mile branch. At first electrically operated machinery was employed:
Ruston-Bucyrus shovels and an electrically-powered railway (both illustrated).
These have been replaced by diesel-powered vehicles. The initial chimneys
were too low and were displaced by a controversial tall one, which in turn
was displaced (the act of destroying this one is illustrated) by another
eyesore. The former wet process is illustrated with pictures of ball mills,
etc. Locomotives associated with the works are shown: Avonside 0-6-0ST Winhill;
0-6-0T Nunlow (Hudswell Clarke/1939); a Sentinel diesel locomotive and
Hunslet-Barclay four-axle Blue John. There is an aerial view of the site
taken in 1943 and pictures of Scammelkl and Foden lorries (from the
1930s).

The Centenary of the marine steam turbine. Ian Muir.
17-32.Brief biography of
Parsons, the aristocratic developer of the marine steam
turbine. Surprisingly, the revolutionary Turbania is not illustrated. Instead,
Muir concentrates on the role played by Captain John Williamson (portrait)
with his Turbine Steamers which operated on the Firth of Clyde. The rich
collection of illustrations include: King Edward; Duchess of
Argyll/Rewa and Kingfisher; The Queen (built for the SECR);
Brighton (LBSCR); Princess Maud (Larne & Stranraer Steamboat);
Duchess of Argyll (CSPC); Emerald, Duchess of Montrose
(LMS); Virginian (Trans-Atlantic vessel); Otaki; and
Rewa. Muir is "guilty" of adecdote concerning Campbeltown &
Machrihanish Railway.

A-Z of Sailing Craft: W - Wherry. Edward
Paget-Tomlinson. 36.Refers back to Norfolk Keel (Issue 18 page bb): varied in size from
14 tons, capable of traversing North Walsham & Dilham Canal, up to the
80 tons of Wonder of Norwich. Vessels also used Blyth Navigation.
Wherries have been preserved by Norfolk Wherry Trust. (It is also an excellent
tipple).

Bilson Foundry, Cinderford. Alec K. Pope. 3-9.Established Joseph Tingle in 1860. He died in 1869 and the business
was run by his widow, Annabia. Her four sons assisted in running the business.
Works closed in 1924 when Alfred Tingle (one of the sons was still involved).
Illus. include triple throw ram pump under repair.

Crossing Glasgow's river. J. Graeme Bruce with additional
material from Ian Muir. 11-30.History of ferries for crossing River Clyde. Includes steam
chain ferries at Erskine and Renfrew, also small steam passenger ferries
which provided pier to pier service until displaced by the Subway; also ferries
with decks which could be raised or lowered to meet tidal conditions: this
eased the work of horses which no longer had to traverse ramps. Also discusses
bridges (both road and rail) and road tunnels (including pedestrian), but
not Subway. Illus.: part of record crowd which crossed via new
Renfrew to view Queen Mary on Sunday 8 March 1936; steam
chain-ferry at Renfrew in about 1900; Clyde bucket dredger Hope; Clyde
hopper; chain ferry slipway at Govan; Finnieston steam passenger Ferry
No. 3, also elevating ferry and Rotunda entrance to vehicular tunnel;
steam passenger ferry No. 11 & northern lift shaft of Harbour tunnel;
Lady Magdalen at Pembroke Dock (believed to ex-Clyde Clutha No.
11, c1954; steam chain-ferry approaching Govan slipway; diesel chain
ferry Renfrew; same vessel with Vehicular Ferryboat No. 4 in
Pudzeoch and workshops of Clyde Navigation Trust; steam engineroom of
Renfrew of 1936; Renfrew broadened for extra capacity on Erskine
ferry (but as in service at Renfrew); Erskine at Yoker; Erskine
at Erskine and at Old Kilpatrick; lauch of diesel Erskine into
White Cart from Fleming & Ferguson's yard in Paisley; Erskine at
Erskine with Ford lorry owned Baird Bros of Port Glasgow; elevating ferry
boat Finnieston No.1 at Finnieston; Vehicular Ferryboat No. 4
acting as fireship (by taking on two fire appliances fighting fire on
HMS Sussex following bombing on Yorkhill West Basin on 19
September 194o; diesel passenger No.1 alongside Harland & Wolff workshops
at Govan; Ferry Queen (former Clyde ferry boat) on Forth & Clyde
Canal at Kirkintilloch.

Royal Ordnance Factory  Cardiff (Llanishen): Part
I. Mike Christensen. 31-42.The munitions factories were greatly rundown following the end of
WW1, but re-armament began in the mid-1930s, and as Woolwich Arsenal was
perceived to be vulnerable to aerial attack , there was a need for new factories:
one of these was at Cardiff and was to build gun barrels, the technology
for which had changed (the barrel being constructed from one piece by a new
technique known as autofrettage, and the development of the muzzle brake
which eased the problem of recoil. Work on the factory at Cardiff began on
4 March 1940, and the production of gun barrels began in August within an
incomplete factory. Part 2 see 34-25 and
further information in Issue 58 page
40.

Reviews. 48.Philip & Son Ltd., shipbuilders & engineers. Derek
Blackhurst. Ships in Focus. NP."invaluable book for the researcher" and "a worthy addition to the
shelves of any shipping enthusiast". Feilden's Mersey. John Clarkson & Roy Fenton. Ships in
Focus. NP. Basil Fielden photographer: "picture book par
excellence"A photographic history of Sheffield steel. Geoffrey House.
Sutton Publishing for WH Smith. One great workshop: the buildings of the Sheffield metal trades.
Nicola Wray, Bob Hawkins & Colum Giles. English Heritage &
Sheffield City Council. JRMIt was a strange editorial decision to combine these two reviews:
the first is so bad and the second is so good: The first contains: "The
commentary on the illustrations is disappointing, bland and sometimes hopelessly
wrong". One illustration is included twice. "...this book does noting to
advance the subject. The second "is an outstanding publication... this writing
of a high order and the authors are to be congratulated upon it." "Industrial
history and industrial archaeology at its very best."Places and people in the early East London gas industry. Mary
Mills. M. Wright. NP.Period up to 1836. "tremendous work of reference". "amount of information
contained here is enormous". "Let down by its general
presentation".Normandie  liner of legend. Clive Harvey.Berengaria  Cunard's 'Happy Ship'. Les Streater.RMS Queen Elizabeth  the Beautiful Lady. Janette McCutcheon.
Tempus. NPAll these titles are warmly received.

Bagleys of Knottingley: Glass Bottle Manufacturers. Ron
Gosney and Mike Taylor. 53-64.Firm was established in 1871. It was adjacent to canal for coal supplies.
The pre-mechanization production required three-shift working over 24 hours
and work centred on a pot furnace in a roundhouse. The men worked in teams
("chair") consisting of bottlemaker, blower, gatherer and wetter-off with
a taker-in (a youngster). Some of the health hazards are noted and beer was
drunk in copious amounts. Mechanization began in about 1900 with Ashley-Arnall
semi-automatic machines and these were followed by Owens fully automatic
machines. The firm was taken over by Jackson Bros in 1962 and this in turn
by Rockware in 1968. On page 58 there is an illus. of a dumb-buffer 5-plank
wagon No. 9? and a 7-plank wagon No. 32 (notes are given on livery) and on
page 60 (lower) a wagon shuntinh horse is shown.

The Goddess survives. G. Barclay Robertson. 3-14.Argyll Motor Works, Alexandria in Dumbartonshire. This early car builder
had extremely extravagant premises, part of which remains as Loch Lomond
Outlets. The architect was C.J. Halley of Clydebank, and the entrepreneur
was Alexander Govan who had become involved with With Alexander Smith in
Hozier Engineering in Bridgeton, Glasgow, and with the assistance of A.C.
Robertson of the Bank of Scotland, started a grandiose factory for car building.
Govan died on 28 May 1907 and by 1908 losses had reached £360,000 and
the company was liquidated in november 1908. Finances were not assisted with
experiments with sleeve valves which led to the company being sued by Daimler.
The Argyll venture finally collapsed in 1914. Armstrong Whitworth manufactured
munitions in the factory during WW1, and following a long period of disuse
was acquired by the Admiralty in 1935 and torpedoes were manufactured from
1937. The illustrations show the spectactular entrance both in its original
condition and as restored, the cars being manufactured and in use, including
one in Renfield Street Glasgow with Corporation tramcars. Dumbarton trams
are also visible in some photographs. See also
Issue 94 page 28 et seq..

Cornwall's singular Canal. John Neale. 17-23.Bude Canal. Act of June 1819, promoted by third Lord Stanhope to transport
sea sand to farmers. It used inclined planes and tub boats. Larger works
included the sea lock at Bude and an aquaduct. The arrival of the LSWR brought
fertilizer and the canal was abandoned in 1899, but much remains and there
is a Bude Canal Trust. Return to subject in Issue
80 page 50 et seq

Reviews. 48South Yorkshire Pits. Warwick Taylor. Wharncliffe.South Yorkshire Collieries. John Goodchild. Tempus.The South Yorkshire Coalfield: a history and development. Alan
Hill. Tempus.Taylor is badly organized but interesting for NCB period. Many errors
are listed, however. Goodchild has a concise introductory essay, but the
illustrations are poorly reproduced. The Hill is a "seminal piece of scholarship"
where massive detail is handled with great clarity, but there is poor and
inconsistent referencing to railway namesIndustrial locomotives of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and
Northamptonshire. Robin Waywell. IRS. NP.Includes contractors: Nuttall built much of Great Central London
Extension; dealers; scrap merchants, and even Denham Studios where two GER
0-6-0s (J15) were used in the film Knights Without Armour.

The saga of C.R. Vickerman's siding. M.R. Connop
Price. 57-64.See Issue 27 page 37: Saundersfoot Railway.
This describes the connections from Bonville Court Colliery to the Pembroke
& Tenby Railway and to the Saudersfoot Railway which closed in 1939.
Much based on correspondence between Colliery and P&TR which took place
in 1879/80. Portrait of Vickerman. Map. Illus.: Saundersfoot station c1961;
Saundersfoot Railway track being lifted 1939; Kerr Stuart 0-4-0ST Bulldog,
harbour, coal tips and colliery.

Bridge testing at Cork. inside front cover.Brian Boru bridge on Cork City Railways being tested in 1912 with
two steam locomotives (D17 class 4-4-0 and J11 0-6-0T) and a steam roller.
Bridge was a Scherzer lifting bridge.

Shoreham Airport. David Dunstall. 3-18.Flying began in May 1910 with Harold Piffard. The Airport dates from
20 June 1911 and was associated with flight training. During WW1 it was
requisitioned by the Royal Flying Corps and at the end of the War it was
used for testing captured German aircraft. It eventually became the Brighton,
Hove and Worthing Municipal Airport, the Art Deco buildings for which were
opened on 13 June 1936. The Architect was Stevens Hessall Tiltman and the
Builder was James Bodle: it was a steel-framed reiforced concrete structure.
Illus.: garage for George Martin's Taxis; F.G. Miles machine shop; municipal
hanger; ground works for drainage; Airport Committee for Opening Day;
International Air Display in 1930s; terminal; petrol pylon; Ford ambulance
pre-WW2; petrol bowsers; Avro 504 crash landing. 10 August 1914; Cobham's
Flying Circus

Reviews 52-3.MacQueen's legacy Vol. 1: A history of the Royal Mail Line.
Stuart Nicol.MacQueen's Legacy Vol. 2: Ships of the Royal Mail Line. Stuart
Nicol.
Tempus Publishing. NP."highly recommended"Never turn back: an illustrated history of Caister Lifeboats.
Nicholas Leach.Guiding lights: the design & development of the British lightvessel
from 1732. Anthony Lane.
Tempus Publishing. NP.Both were well received, although Parkhouse quibbled with the title
of the book about the Caister lifeboat.Middlesbrough & Stockton. Philip Battersby. Venture
Publications.. NP.No. 17 in Prestige series: Tees-side Railless Traction Board set up
trolleybuses, trackless trams as then known, in late 1919. Industrial locomotives of Yorkshire, Part A: The National Coal Board
in West and North Yorkshire. V.J. Bradley. Industrial Railway Society.
NP."book of immense use"

Poynton Collieries in 1926. David Kitching
15-25.Coal had been worked from shallow pits as early as 1589. The construction
of the Macclefield Canal enabled the output to be marketed in Macclesfield
and Bollington. Many illustrations of colliery and its equipment including
Cornish beam engine at Lady Pit and pictures of work on electrification.
Reproduction of 25 in OS map for 1909.

Goole Docks: Part One. Brian Masterman & Mike
Taylor. 3-14.Goole was created by the Aire & Calder Navigation Company and
it became the major port on the Ouse. It developed from 1826 onwards. Hydraulic
power became available in the 1860s. The Aire & Calder Navigation was
described in Issue No. 8 and Issue No. 9. Goole exported coal brought in
by compartment boats and by rail. There was further developmentin the early
1920s. The port was nationalized in 1948. There was a decline in barge and
rail traffic during the 1970s. Part 2 Issue 38 page
7.

Reviews. 43.The Kendal & Windermere Railway. Dick Smith. Cumbrian Railways
Association. NP."eminently readable": also includes Cropper's paper mills tramway
at Burnside. "Picture reproduction is good"Gardner: legendary engineering excellence. Graham Edge. Gingerfold.
NP"Major piece of work" Manufacture began in 1868 and ceased in mid-1990s.
"Thoroughly recommended."From Moorlands to Highlands. John Corah. Gingerfold.
NP.History of haulage company founded by Jerry Harris and Sam Miners
in 1946 at Bovey Tracey and known as Harris & Miners and latterly as
Brian Harris Transport. Firm closed in 2001 due to nimbyism. Written by former
driver.Shipping on the Humber. The South Bank. Mike Taylor. Tempus.
NP."Reproduction quality is improving from Tempus but it still has some
way to go. A proper glossy art paper would help".Wintergrove: a history of the valley and its drowned village.
Allan Holt. George Kelsall. IPReservoir for Rochdale built at Wardle in 1930s. The book is well-designed
but written in the style of a modern official report.

Skimpings. 48.Port Clarence asphaltic slag plant. 48 (upper).Port Clarence doctored photograph: NE lettered wagons re-lettered
"Asphaltic Slag for Roads", with a fourth lettered "Messrs Wake & Co.
Ltd"; part of Baldwin 0-4-0ST visible. c1930. Wagons beneath stone/slag
crusher/loader.Puffer on Forth & Clyde Canal.48 (lower)Loaded puffer on Forth & Clyde Canal at Lock 16 at Camelon. c1905:
full page view in Issue 62 page
50.Leamington gas works: aerial view, 1933. 49.Leamington Priors Gas Company. Aerial photograph: April 1933 looking
North. Information provided by John Horne. Name painted on top of gas holder.
Includes notes on company's invisible wagons and on then relatively new vertical
retort, and on subsequent history of works until closure. Warwick & Napton
Canal is clearly visible and at top of photograph the two stations can be
seen. Cath Turpin (Issue 38 page 24) notes that
coal may not have been delivered by canal, but canal was used to remove gas
tar and other by-products.Tardebigge: New Wharf c1910. 50.Tardebigge: New Wharf c1910 with steam tug for haulage through tunnels
of Worcester & Birmingham Canal. Information provided by Hugh Conway-Jones.
Timetable for tunnel passages is quoted. Further information on steam tugs
at Tardebigge (Issue 38 page 24) including end of tug
service and use of tugs as icebreakers..

Bryngwyn Colliery, Bedwas, Gwent. David Bick.
34-42.Includes a reconstruction (illustrative) of colliery by Michael Blackmore;
the remains extant, earlier views of remains and bibliographical sources
and people involved, notably Thomas Thomas and William Sheward
Cartwright.

London Taxicabs. Malcolm Bobbitt. 43-55.First were electrically-powered and were developed by Walter Bersey
as the London Electric Cab, introduced in August 1897. The Great Horseless
Carriage Co. was a consortium of Evelyn Ellis, H.H. Mullinar (coachbuilder);
J.H. Mace (Daimler) and H.R. Patterson (as per carter). The design suffered
from excessive vibration and frequent breakdowns. In 1898 there were 24 on
the London streets. But tyre wear was high and they were expensive to run.
Losses were reported in Decemeber 1898 and the operation ceased in 1899.
The first petrol taxis were French and supplied by Prunel via the Express
Motor Co. starting in August 1903. By 1905 there were 19 on the streets and
were of a wide range - the Unicab was popular. The Renault rose in popularity.
By 1910 half of London's taxis were motorized, but from 1911 the trade suffered
from competition from the Underground and by bus, and from increased petrol
prices. WW1 depressed the trade still further, but there were 3821 in service
in 1918. Following WW1 the Beardmore, built initially at the Arrol-Johnston
factory in Paisley, became an important eelment aided by the operating
subsidiary, Taxicab and Motor Co. Morris joined the scene in 1928. Following
WW2 7200 Austin FX3 were constructed from 1948. Beardmore produced a Mark
VII diesel version, but ceased manufacture in 1967. The Metrocab company
was formed in 2002. Illus.: Bersey (National Motor Museum); Gloucester Raiway
Wagon Co - six views of Bersey type; Vauxhall (driver perched behind and
above passenger); Mr W. Woodcock driving French Ballot in 1910; Cornhill
in about 1914 with many motor taxis and few horse-drawn vehicles; Beardmore
Mk 1; Morris International G type (advertisement - artwork, 1928); Austin
low loading taxi-cab (advertisement artwork, 1930); Austin with Jones bodywork
for £5 extra; taxicab equipped with ladder and fire pump and operating
with Auxiliary Fire Service; Austin FX3 (introduced 1948 - advertisement
based on photograph); Beardmore Mk VII; London Taxis International
Fairway, Metrocab, TX1. See also letter from David
D. Higgins (Issue 39 page 12) concerning Wolseley involvement.

Up the Creek with a camera. Patricia O'Driscoll.3-11.Early marine archaeology conducted partly from land and partly from
barges Olive May and Edith May and boat in the Thames delta
region: Whitewall Creek; Stangate Creek in the Medway; the River Crouch;
the River Blackwater. Entertaining text illustrated from her own photographs
of hulks and significant remains, including that of a German U-boat (submarine)
from WW1 in Humble Bee Creek (page 10 upper). Illus.: Whitewall Creek March
1957: stern frame of Aline, hulk of Rathmona, stern of Magnet
and bow of Una; Irex, Temple Marsh, Strood in March 1957;
Whitewall Creek: Arthur Relf and Milton in 1959; remains of Hans
Egede (timber schooner) at Cliffe in 1977; stem and lower stayfall
block from Pride of 1857 in 1966; Mundon hulk at Wallasea Island
in November 1960; mast & main brail winch from Argosy, Wallasea
Island, November 1960; remains of Fly, Freshwater Ballast Jetty, 1
January 1961; Problem (Ramsgate fishing smack of 1904); George Cookson,
Stow Creek Essex in November 1960 and October 1978; Junction of River Chelmer
with Chelmer & Blackwater Canal in 1962; stern of house barge Berwick
in Whitewall Creek in March 1957; Nell Gwynn (barge remains) in
Althorne Creek, Essex, in 1978; Samuel Bowly remains in Uplees Gunpowder
Dock; Alice wooden mast case; Emily wooden mast case in Stangate Creek; hull
from WW1 German U-boat, Humble Bee Creek, August 1975; remains of barges
Carlotta and York, Stangate Creek, October 1960; barge windlass
Stoke Saltings, Medway, 1975; stern from Gillman, Northey
Island.

White & Poppe Ltd. Jeromy Hassell.13-36Internal combustion engine manufacturers: Alfred James White, born
Earlsdon, near Coventry in 1870 met Peter August Poppe, a Norwegian also
born in 1870, in Steyr in Austria collaborated to manufacture fuses
and internal combustion engies with interchangeable components. The company
expanded very rapidly, especially during WW1, but following the transfer
of production to Dennis Bros in Guildford in November 1919, the Coventry
company was wound up. Very extensive citations.

Broad Gauge Bonus: [Ivybridge]. 37Ivybridge Station: illus. show station in late 1880s with train formed
of both broad and narrow-bodied stock, mainly oil-lit, but bogie convertible
was gas-lit; station and viaduct c1880; also timber viaduct seen from below.

Reviews. 44The Gloucester & Sharpness Canal: an illustrated history.
Hugh Conway-Jones. Tempus. IPDetailed history... written, following meticulous research in archives,
in a very readable style... recommendedNinety years of the Ramsey Steamship Co. Ltd. Edward Gray and
Roy Fenton. Ships in Focus. IP.Formed in 1913 on Isle of Man to convey coal to the
island.The copper king - Thomas Williams of Llanidan. J.R. Harris.
Landmark. DPLong out of print: "makes a welcome return to the shelves" but criticises
lack of maps.Victorian slate mining. Ivor Wynne Jones. Landmark.
DPUnderground photographs taken by J.C. Burrows. Book constructed around
Home Office Public Enquiry into hazards of slate mining. Describes both the
social economics and industrial health. The illustrations include those of
slate railways. "much recommended".The history of the Cheadle Coalfield. Herbert A. Chester. Landmark.
DP.First published in 1981: revised edition: includes social & working
conditionsSheffield. Philip Bottomley. Venture Publications.
IPPhoto-album: public transport from horse bus to take over by South
Yorkshire PTA in 1974.

A brief history of Witney Aerodrome.Stanley
Jenkins.45-8.Used by Royal Flying Corps in WW1 and as German prisoner-of-war camp.
First aircraft arrived in February 1917. Grass strip used for pilot training.
Between Wars used for civilian pilot training. In 1928 Universal Flying Services
were developed and in 1936 Whitney Aeronautical College was established.
On 31 August 1939 the airfield was commandeered by the Air Ministry and it
was developed as a Relief Landing Ground for RAF Brize Norton. In 1940 it
was taken over by de Havilland as a Civilian Repair Unit with aircraft either
being flown in or brought in by road on "Queen Marys". From 1949 the site
has been used by Smith's Industries.

Dossett-Davies, John. De Havillands  Witney
1939-1945: a factory at War. 49-64.A delightful story, especially the material relating to the eccentric
and brilliant Philip Gordon-Marshall, Works Manager, but really utterly
irrelevant to steamindex.com. Relates how WW2 forced De Havillands to move
its civil aviation activities away from Hatfield, and C.S. Thom selected
Witney where about 1200 staff were involved in the repair of Tiger Moths,
Queen Bees and Rapides. Crashed aircarft were brought in by Queen Mary's
(road transporters).. Illus. include portraits of Thom and Gordon-Marshall
(with his pet Staffordshire bull terrier called Nichi) as well as Hurricanes
under repair, Gypsy engines being maintained. Return landing in
Issue 77 pp. 36 et seq.